School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan.
Graduate Institute of Pharmacognosy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 11031, Taiwan.
J Food Drug Anal. 2018 Jan;26(1):401-408. doi: 10.1016/j.jfda.2017.09.003. Epub 2017 Nov 11.
ent-16-Oxobeyeran-19-N-methylureido (NC-8) is a recently synthesized derivative of isosteviol that showed anti-hepatitis B virus (HBV) activity by disturbing replication and gene expression of the HBV and by inhibiting the host toll-like receptor 2/nuclear factor-κB signaling pathway. To study its pharmacokinetics as a part of the drug development process, a highly sensitive, rapid, and reliable liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for determining NC-8 in rat plasma. After protein precipitation extraction, the chromatographic separation of the analyte and internal standard (IS; diclofenac sodium) was performed on a reverse-phase Luna C column coupled with a Quattro Ultima triple quadruple mass spectrometer in the multiple-reaction monitoring mode using the transitions, m/z 347.31 → 75.09 for NC-8 and m/z 295.89 → 214.06 for the IS. The lower limit of quantitation was 0.5 ng/mL. The linear scope of the standard curve was between 0.5 and 500 ng/mL. Both the precision (coefficient of variation; %) and accuracy (relative error; %) were within acceptable criteria of <15%. Recoveries ranged from 104% to 113.4%, and the matrix effects (absolute) were non-significant (CV ≤ 6%). The validated method was successfully applied to investigate the pharmacokinetics of NC-8 in male Sprague-Dawley rats. The present methodology provides an analytical means to better understand the preliminary pharmacokinetics of NC-8 for investigations on further drug development.
恩替 16-氧代别醇-19-N-甲基脲(NC-8)是异甜菊醇的一种新合成衍生物,通过干扰 HBV 的复制和基因表达以及抑制宿主 Toll 样受体 2/核因子-κB 信号通路来显示抗乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)活性。为了研究其药代动力学作为药物开发过程的一部分,开发并验证了一种高灵敏度、快速且可靠的液相色谱串联质谱(LC-MS/MS)方法,用于测定大鼠血浆中的 NC-8。在蛋白沉淀提取后,采用反相 Luna C 柱进行分析物和内标(IS;双氯芬酸钠)的色谱分离,在多反应监测模式下与 Quattro Ultima 三重四极杆质谱联用,用于 NC-8 的转换为 m/z 347.31→75.09 和 IS 的 m/z 295.89→214.06。定量下限为 0.5 ng/mL。标准曲线的线性范围在 0.5 和 500 ng/mL 之间。精密度(变异系数;%)和准确性(相对误差;%)均在可接受标准<15%范围内。回收率在 104%至 113.4%之间,基质效应(绝对值)无显著差异(CV≤6%)。验证的方法成功应用于研究雄性 Sprague-Dawley 大鼠中 NC-8 的药代动力学。该方法为进一步的药物开发研究提供了一种分析手段,以更好地了解 NC-8 的初步药代动力学。